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03 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 11, is Pope Damasus’ Day, With Footnotes – 144

Dec 11, 2018

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Pope Damasus I Pope Damasus I (c. 305 – 11 December 384) was Supreme Pontiff from 366 to 384. He was a very learned man, well versed in the Scriptures. He commissioned St. Jerome to complete the translation of the Bible into the Latin language. Shortly after his reign the 72 books of the Bible, hitherto scattered in…